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Month: July 2024

Hurricane Beryl roars by Jamaica after killing at least 7 people in the southeast Caribbean

Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Beryl was roaring by Jamaica Wednesday, bringing fierce winds and heavy rain after the powerful Category 4 storm earlier killed at least seven people and caused significant damage in the southeast Caribbean. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Beryl’s eyewall was “brushing the south coast of Jamaica.” Wind-whipped

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A French citizen pleads guilty to charges of collecting military data in Russia, state media say

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s state news agency says a French citizen arrested in Moscow has pleaded guilty to criminal charges involving illegally collecting information on military issues in the country. Laurent Vinatier was arrested in June as tensions flared between Moscow and Paris following French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments about the possibility of deploying French

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‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ reloads with Eddie Murphy in his ‘encores for streaming’ phase

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — “Beverly Hills Cop” spawned a trio of movies, but more significantly, the 1984 film capped off a string of hits (after “48 Hrs.” and “Trading Places”) that launched Eddie Murphy into the movie-star stratosphere. As Murphy moves into the encores-for-streaming phase of his career (see “Coming 2 America”),

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UK’s landmark postwar elections: When Boris Johnson sought and got a mandate to ‘Get Brexit Done’

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In the fall of 2019, the recently-appointed Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced an election that was about one issue: Brexit. The 2016 Brexit referendum, won narrowly by those backing an exit from the European Union, had triggered a chaotic period in politics. With Labour’s Brexit policy unclear and its left-wing

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La FDA aprueba donanemab, el tratamiento de Eli Lilly para la enfermedad de Alzheimer en fase inicial

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de Estados Unidos (FDA por sus siglas en inglés) aprobó este martes donanemab, un anticuerpo monoclonal diseñado para ralentizar la progresión de la enfermedad de Alzheimer sintomática precoz. Donanemab, fabricado por Eli Lilly, con sede en Indianápolis, ayuda al organismo a eliminar la placa

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The son of Asia’s richest man is getting married in one of India’s most anticipated — and lavish — weddings of the year

Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Billionaire heir Anant Ambani is set to marry his longtime girlfriend Radhika Merchant later this month, in a lavish ceremony widely described as the country’s wedding of the year. Extravagant pre-wedding celebrations have already sent Indian media into a frenzy and social media feeds are abuzz over what’s to come.

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ODFW to host online public meetings for feedback on proposed changes to big game regulations

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) —The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a series of online public meetings next week with district wildlife biologists presenting proposed changes to next year’s big game regulations and getting feedback. One in-person meeting is also scheduled in Springfield on July 10. Each meeting will include a presentation on 2025

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